According to information acquired during the Committee's visit to Mexico, in over 51 per cent of the cases (7,045) sent for trial by the Federal District Public Attorney's Office in 1999 the suspects were already being held in detention, while in 49 per cent (6,646 cases) they were not.
Según antecedentes recogidos en la visita realizada al territorio del Estado, los casos consignados ante los tribunales por la Procuraduría General de Justicia para el Distrito Federal en el año 1999, en que el indiciado ya se encontraba detenido superaron el 51% (7.045) contra el 49% (6.646) que no lo estaba.